Combined baby jumper and swing.



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u M HAWK, EXBUUIQ'H CUMBENED BABY JUMPER AND SWING.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22, 1912.

Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

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FRANKLIN A. HAWK, OF CENTRAL POINT, OREGQN; :CLARA M. HAWK EXECUTOR OFSAID FRANKLIN HAWK, DECEASED.

COMBINED BABY JUMPER AND SWING.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Mar. 11, 1913.

original application filed February 23, 1912;;Sei ia1 No. 679,383*livided and this application filed July 2. 1912. Serial No. 716M 12.

T o-aZZ whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, FRANKLIN APHAiwK, residing at Central Point, in thecounty of Jackson and State of Oregon, have invented a new and ImprovedCombined Baby Jumper and Swing, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention, which relates to appliances for supporting babies asthey learn to walk, and which is a divisional part of my invention asdisclosed in my copending application tiled February 23, 1912, SerialNo. ($79,383, is more especially designed to serve as a con'ibined babyjumper and swing and also embrace .the features of a high chair.

The object of my invention is to provide an appliance of the generalcharacter stated of a simple and economical construction, and easilyadjusted for producing a baby juniper, walker, a swing and as av highchair.

With other objects in view that will hereinafter appear, my inventionconsists in the peculiar construction and novel arrangement of parts allof which will be herein after fully explained, specifically pointed outin the appended claims and illustrated in the drawing, in which Figure 1is a perspective view of my invention, the parts being arranged for useas a swinging or high chair support for the baby. Fig. 2 is a similarview, the same being shown as a baby jumper or walker. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the saddle or seat portion and the removable tray,the latter being shown as elevated above the saddle rim or edge. Fig. 4is a detail cross section of the tray taken on the line 4-4 on Fig. 3,the said tray being shown as resting on the saddle edge or riin. thelatter being also in Section, and Fig. 5 is a detail view ot a' cornerof the tray and illustrating the hanger rope passages therein.

In the practical application of my invention the saddle or seat 1 has abug'lih'e shape, is composed of canvas or other suitable fabric,witlrthe upper edge turned into a hem 10 for receiving a stittener rodor ring 11 that forms an upper edge for the saddle. The saddle 1 has twoleg openings 12*42, whose edges are reinforced as showii and to addstrength to the said saddle, a. reinforcing, crotch band 13 is attachedat the ends to the ring hem as is clearly shown in F 1g. 3.

Tin baby saddle or supporting means includes threhanger ropes 2, whichhave one endfastened to the saddle rim or ring and whose other and upperends join and are made fast to a spring hookiZO for convenientlysuspending the saddle .from an overhead'support, which may be of anyapproved construction, a simple hanger chain 15 as shown, but'preferablyan adjustable supporting means as is fully explainetbby my copendnigapplication f 16 desig ates a. tray having the usual front ledgefamd"its inner end curved to tit closely againtthe baby. At the opposite endsthe said as short slots 17 that erminate. at their lower' inner ends. inountersunk portions, as is best shown in igs. 4 and?) of the drawing. 7

Tc obtain the advantages of a high chair, it is'only iiit cssary. whenthe saddle is eleategl, to hold the baby above the floor, to djust thetray in position for use which is readily done by slipping the slottedends tiereot over the opposite stay or hanger n embers 2--2 in themanner clearly under- 3 of the drawing. and then pi shing the tray downto the position shown in Fig. 2.

ilOlil the foregoing taken in connection wi 11 the drawings, the complce arrangenie the manner of its use and the advanof my invention will bereadily apparent.

Having thus described my invention, what I laihi is 1. Ii an applianceof the character dcscribed; an overhead su-pptfi t. a saddle an overheadsuppprt. a saddle including a rigid upper riiu,\i plurality of hangersfixedly connected to the saddle rim and pendently supportable from theoverheP'l support, a tray removably mountable upoii the rigid upper edgeof the. saddle. said tray having means for detachably interlocking'-with some of the saddle hangers whereby to removably ri n. I 41;", Anappliance of the character destiiibed, comprising a saddle for seatingthe scciii'etlie-tray uponthe saddle y" baby, said saddle including abody portion,- a plurality of flexiblehangers, a rigid rim that formsthe upper edge of the saddle body to which the lower ends of the hangersare connected, an overhead support for the hangers, a tray removablymountable over a portion of the saddle body rim, said tray having slotsin the opposite ends for receiving some of the said hangers.

4. In an appliance of the character described, the combination with thesaddle and the ban ers for suspending the saddle, said hangers ingknottedto the saddle of a tray having slots to receive a pair ofhangers, and having recesses merging with said slots to receive theknotted portions of the hangers whereby said tray will rest on saidsaddle and be held in position by the gripping effect of said hangers,the distance be-- tween the inner ends of the tray slots being at leastequal to the distance between the points of connection of the trayengaging hangers withthe saddle.

5. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with thesaddle onsaid rigid member and having opposite slots to receive a pairof hangers, sald said rigid member and said tray having recesses'mergingwith the slots for receiving said enlargements. 4 i Y FRANKLIN A.Witnesses:

H. W. LINDSAY, L; HATFIELD.

so hangers having enlargements adjacent to

